The Greek fleet at Salamis was commanded by the Spartan admiral Eurybiades.
Themistocles
The Battle of Salamis on 29 September 480 BCE.
His forces had an initial naval victory at Artemesion, but was then defeated at Salamis, Plataia and Mycale. The Persian invasion failed.
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No one surrendered. The remainder of the Persian fleet, defeated at Salamis, withdrew to Mykale in Asia Minor. Persian King Xerxes I took half his army home as a poor country such as Greece could not support it through the winter.
Xerxes.
Xerxes I of Persia was defeated in the naval battle of Salamis by Athenian admiral Themistocles .
Xerxes was the Persian, not the Athenian leader. No leader at the battle sank most of anyone's fleet.
King Xerxes.
King Xerxes' fleet of ships from Phonecia, Egypt and Asian-Greeks was defeated at the Battle of Salamis by the Greek fleet led by Spartan Admiral Eurybiades.
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Themistocles set a trap for the Persian navy at Salamis. He didn't set any trap for the Persian army other than when the Persian fleet was defeated and had to withdraw to Asia, the Persian cargo fleet could no longer supply the army, and half of it had to be sent home.
The Greek city-state of Athens emerged as the victor in the naval Battle of Salamis during the Greco-Persian Wars. Led by Themistocles, the Athenian fleet defeated the Persian navy, which was under the command of King Xerxes I. The victory at Salamis was a significant turning point in the war and helped secure Greek independence from the Persian Empire.
The Battle of Salamis on 29 September 480 BCE.
His forces had an initial naval victory at Artemesion, but was then defeated at Salamis, Plataia and Mycale. The Persian invasion failed.
A foothill of Mt Aigaleos above the overlooking the strait between Athens and Salamis.
Xerxes I.
Xerxes I of Persia .